Synonyms:
phrase
Meaning: an expression consisting of one or more words forming a grammatical constituent of a sentence
Synonyms:
phrase, musical_phrase
Meaning: a short musical passage
verb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
give_voice, formulate, word, phrase, articulate
Meaning: put into words or an expression; "He formulated his concerns to the board of trustees"
Usage examples
Walk about is a quaint phrase.
A large order, as the boys phrase it!
Paul smiled at the curiously stilted phrase.
Athos had invented the phrase, family affair.
That puzzled me dreadfully, for no one used the phrase.
Therefore Athos had invented the phrase, family affair.
He could not well have hit upon a more unfortunate phrase.
A dreadful phrase, haunting in its pathos, crept into his mind.
Michaud had only waited for this to bring out the phrase he had prepared.
Phrase it how you like, twist it how you like, you know that you know better.